Eat your hearts out, fellow shed-dwellers!

[Shedgirl]

Check out this place for sale in Millaa Millaa, Far North Qld. Follow the link, then go to property no. RR360 under 'rural residential', and prepare to be stunned. An elderly woodworker is selling his property, timber slabs, tools and all, and I WANT IT, DAMMIT!!!!



http://www.tablelands.com/

[Honorary Bloke]

And they're throwing in a house as well! :rolleyes: Let me start on my emigration papers. :D

[Wood Butcher]

IIRC someone posted a link to that place early last year. obviously having trouble selling:(

[RufflyRustic]

I'm really curious about this place. It's been on the market (well seems to be?) for about a year. But look at all that timber and those tools!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o


Yeah, you got me Shed Girl - eating my heart out again :D

cheers
Wendy

[Cliff Rogers]

IIRC someone posted a link to that place early last year. obviously having trouble selling:(
Me.

My wife has it listed.

Very wet area, house needs work.

[Bleedin Thumb]

Cliff, don't describe it like that, help your wife out and use some real estate euphemisms.

Loads of potential.....never worry about droughts..........etc etc

[Cliff Rogers]

Just replying to the comments about it still being on the market. :rolleyes:

[namtrak]

I think that was listed at $440,000 originally? Now $385,000!

[Cliff Rogers]

He has dropped the price to sell it.

[ptc]

bit out of the way !
should be about $200.000

[namtrak]

bit out of the way !


your saying its a bit out of the way and your from tasmania? :D

Anywhere on the Tablelands is beautiful. If you had the where with all, there would be value in buying this, removing all the timber and tools and reselling the place after a couple of months renos.

[Shedgirl]

Anywhere on the Tablelands is beautiful. If you had the where with all, there would be value in buying this, removing all the timber and tools and reselling the place after a couple of months renos.


I agree. And yes, Millaa is very wet... but hey, who needs to go anywhere with a shed like that?
I can't buy it, so I want one of you to.

[Bleedin Thumb]

I agree. And yes, Millaa is very wet... but hey, who needs to go anywhere with a shed like that?


I have very fond memories of the Millaa Millaa pub, sitting out on the back lawn with that million $ view.
Just have to talk the wife around..........:(

[Cliff Rogers]

I have very fond memories of the Millaa Millaa pub, sitting out on the back lawn with that million $ view.


How long ago was that?
The Millaa Millaa pub burnt down in August 1998.
It has been replaced with a new brick one.

[Wild Dingo]

Cliff is there any chance of her getting some better pics onto the add?

Have some absofrigginlutely brilliant memories of spending several years up in Dimboolah :2tsup: sadly in my mispent youth :roll: damn well wish I could have had the knowledge about RE both in FNQ and Broome I have now back then :doh: :doh: :doh:

mmm was thinking of emailing them and think I will now
Cheers

Okay done will see what is what with it... could be the change we are looking for! :2tsup:

[Cliff Rogers]

Gina says she has been meaning to get some more photos but... wet weather doesn't suit & she has to meet the old bloke out there & he is nursing his elderly wife in Malanda now so it is not always easy.
She says she will try to do it this weekend.

It really is a renovator's delight now. :wink:

[Wild Dingo]

Gina says she has been meaning to get some more photos but... wet weather doesn't suit & she has to meet the old bloke out there & he is nursing his elderly wife in Malanda now so it is not always easy.
She says she will try to do it this weekend.

No worries Cliff


It really is a renovator's delight now. :wink:

Now why does that wee comment fill me with dread?? :C

[DJ’s Timber]

Now why does that wee comment fill me with dread?? :C


Probably got a river running thru the house now :o

[Coldamus]

The timber may not be in the same class, but this one near Tamworth has a registered factory that is obviously woodwork-related. For a house with 160 acres and a very big shed, It looks like a bargain to me.

http://meersshelton.com.au/index.cfm?pagecall=property&propertyID=359670&addBkmkPropertyID=359670

I hope the link works. There seems to be a problem with their picture viewer but if you persist with it and scroll through the pictures, you should see one of the inside of the shed.

[Barry_White]

The timber may not be in the same class, but this one near Tamworth has a registered factory that is obviously woodwork-related. For a house with 160 acres and a very big shed, It looks like a bargain to me.

http://meersshelton.com.au/index.cfm?pagecall=property&propertyID=359670&addBkmkPropertyID=359670

I hope the link works. There seems to be a problem with their picture viewer but if you persist with it and scroll through the pictures, you should see one of the inside of the shed.

I know the guy that owns that place he makes furniture and sells it at the local markets. All the timber is furniture grade Radiata.

He must be retireing or maybe he died. I'll have to find out. I have actually been out to that place.

[Cliff Rogers]

Now why does that wee comment fill me with dread?? :C

It has been empty for a while.

[Bleedin Thumb]

How long ago was that?
The Millaa Millaa pub burnt down in August 1998.
It has been replaced with a new brick one.


About 1977 - 83 Cliff.
Bummer about the pub:(

Other favourates at the time were:

The Criterion - Clownsville
The O - Cairns
The Lions Den - somewhere out near Cooktown
The PostOffice - Chillagoe
Musgrave Station - the Cape



You had to go a long way for a good beer in those days:wink:

[journeyman Mick]

BT,
don't know about ther others, but the big O (The Oceanic hotel) was knocked down a few years ago, one of the last hotels in the infamous "Barbary Coast" area of Cairns. It's demise started when they finally knocked down the old "Red Oriental Fish Bar" after closing it numerous times for health breaches. 'Twas rumoured to be a drug trading house, and judging from its unsanitary condition, I'm sure no one ever went there for the cuisine. I've got photos somewhere of the Millaa Millaa pub, just after it was burnt, a bit suspicious in my mind as it was in the middle of a renovation.

Mick

[Bleedin Thumb]

Hi Mick, seems thats the way it goes with old pubs. The Critterion in Townsville used to be a wharfies/fishermans pub, then Uni students - renovations - then its a "family" hotel, don't know where its at now..probably back to wharfies pub.

Don't even go to them anymore.......pokies killed pub culture down here.

[RETIRED]

About 1977 - 83 Cliff.
Bummer about the pub:(

Other favourates at the time were:

The Criterion - Clownsville
The O - Cairns


You had to go a long way for a good beer in those days:wink:You like living on the edge BT?:wink:

[Bleedin Thumb]

You like living on the edge BT?:wink:


We used to have a saying back then "only poofta's don't fight on rum":)

Not that I was much of a fighter........ more of a bleeder actually.:- :D


BTW I'm not like that anymore, now I'm a wholesome, well adjusted member of society......honest:p

[Wild Dingo]

Gina says she has been meaning to get some more photos but... wet weather doesn't suit & she has to meet the old bloke out there & he is nursing his elderly wife in Malanda now so it is not always easy.
She says she will try to do it this weekend.

It really is a renovator's delight now. :wink:

How did Gina get on Cliff?

[Poppa]

I'm originally from that neck of the woods (Cairns), and that house in Millaa Millaa would be paradise once you got it fixed up a bit. I'd love to move back up there someday, but I can't see me convincing SWMBO of the desirability of the move....

[Bleedin Thumb]

It was paradise that's for sure...but it seems there are a few undesirables that live in that region now...:D Just kidding.

Have they released the "last blocks" in the Daintree yet? That's a nice spot, but you might get sick of the tourists - unless you were exploiting them of course.:)

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Have they released the "last blocks" in the Daintree yet? That's a nice spot, but you might get sick of the tourists - unless you were exploiting them of course.:)

Sounds like a good spot for a pen-turner... :D

[Jack E]

Cliff,

Some questions for your wife.
How much land?
Is there running water or dams, creek etc?
Are there good home sites on the land?
Is the land mostly cleared or wooded?

These are serious questions:)

Cheers, Jack

[journeyman Mick]

Oh, bugger, there goes the neighbourhood.:doh: :q
(Actually, I'm sure a sparky/fridgie and a doctor would be welcomed additions to the community)

Mick

[Wild Dingo]

Oh, bugger, there goes the neighbourhood.:doh: :q
(Actually, I'm sure a sparky/fridgie and a doctor would be welcomed additions to the community)

Mick

What? :o you dont want me??!! :C I sure aint a sparrky/fridgie and definantly no doc here... but I can sure be a bloody nuisance! :o or so says her bloody highness :doh:

[Cliff Rogers]

Cliff,

Some questions for your wife.
How much land?
Is there running water or dams, creek etc?
Are there good home sites on the land?
Is the land mostly cleared or wooded?

These are serious questions:)

Cheers, Jack

We went for a look today. :unsure: :photo2:

The place is 7.5 Kms from Millaa Millaa on 2.5 acres.

It is on the top of a small hill with views in all directions.

There is no creek or dam but it has close to 1700M² of roof area feeding into 2 tanks, one of them is huge, the other is the same size as the one we have at home & it will last us 2 weeks between refills.
The property is in a very wet area so the tanks would always be getting topped up.

There is a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom house on the land almost totally surrounded by sheds & you can walk straight out of the house into the sheds without getting wet.
The original house would have been a 3 bedroom single bathroom house & the extra bedroom & bathroom have been added later.

The vacant ground is mixed trees & the ground around them has recently been 'tided up' with dozer. :D
If you removed some of the trees, there is room to build a new house.

The sheds are very big, not just big.... very big & they are mostly full.
There is a bit of room left in one of them (the vacant area is more than my whole shed space alone.:oo: )

The old bloke was making slab clocks & slab coffee tables.
The house has about 700 unfinished clocks in it. :oo:
There are more slabs of timber of all different sorts in the sheds that I could count in the hour that we were there.

It the sheds there is...
an old metalwork lathe (very big, condition unknown, he never used it)
a combo sander, disk belt job,cast iron
a very big belt sander, 3 or 4 meters long
a double bag dusty, connected to the belt sander
a 600mm (2ft) band saw (SQ600 is all I can see on it)
a 10'' Hyco tilting tablesaw, cast iron table, a bit rusty.
a 20" (? guess) tablesaw with a top that is about 6' x 4'
a Hafco woodlathe
a bench mounted pedistal drill
a circular saw (orange but not Triton)
an electric cement mixer
heaps of other bits & peices of woodworking gear, nothing collectable.
lots of paints & finishes.
lots of ladders & 3 very tall trestles.

He doesn't live in the house but says he checks on it once a week.

I took 98 photos, 2 were duds so I have 96 photos with a total of 239Mb of data.
Gina also took some photos & will have some of her pics loaded onto the web site.

Any body wanting more details can contact Gina via the real estate web site or myself via PM or E-mail.
(If you are serious, I can make a CD of the pics)

[Jack E]

Thanks for that Cliff.

Unfortunately, I am after about 50 to 100 acres, with hopefully a running creek.

I want to put our house in the middle of the land so I can't hear or see anyone else:D

You never know though, if it is still on the market in 6 to 8 months I may be interested. Just for the sheds, timber and machinery.

Sorry Mick, No Doctor or fridgy sparky just yet:D

Cheers, Jack

[journeyman Mick]

...................Sorry Mick, No Doctor or fridgy sparky just yet:D

Cheers, Jack

S'okay, not my neighbourhood, it's more than an hour's drive from me, so even Wild Dingo is welcome.:o (Just kidding Shane, you'd be welcome next door, well maybe a few doors down.)

Mick

[Wild Dingo]

Seems the trip was worth it :o :2tsup: As that other banana bender was wont to say a few years ago... IM EXCITED!!!!

Yer a bloody legend Cliff!! And Gina of course :2tsup: How was the old bloke? Good I trust... Seems you had a good yarn with him while Gina did her thing :;

Okay... now you could send then via cd... or you could get Mihovs imageresizer and sent them that way... eithers good for me

So the house is??????? you didnt say the condition mate? gonna let the pics do the talkin eh :C

Is it pretty mych located on the top of a rise? rather than at the bottom... oooohh buggar it I'll zap you a pm with the address

2.5 acres is okay by us since thats what were on at present... with trees and such its enough to keep someone pleasantly contented for years... and big blessing of having
NO bloody creek to flood us out... one question... there ISNT a railway track that runs along the property line is there?

As Ive said a move over there is a good option for us... so a good gander via a whole bunch of pics is definantly a good thing before we or rather I go roaring over the country to have a look... a few months away yet... but if the properties right then no reason why I cant just toddle over have a gander slap down a deposit and bobs yer uncle is there :;

An hour??? Mick... MA MA MATE!!! :; We'd be next door neighbors!! give yer a hoi over the fence when the beers cold or the barbiies bein arced up :2tsup:

[Cliff Rogers]

Thanks for that Cliff.

Unfortunately, I am after about 50 to 100 acres, with hopefully a running creek....
Gina says to look at the web site under farms & rural at properties F470 & F471. Also look at F465 but it has a house on it.

[Cliff Rogers]

.. How was the old bloke? Good I trust... Seems you had a good yarn with him while Gina did her thing :; ....
Fine & fit, but his memory is not good. I took 98 pics, Gina did the talking.
She took 33 photos & we just looked at them & spotted a trailer & another lathe. :oo:

.....So the house is??????? you didnt say the condition mate? gonna let the pics do the talkin eh :C ....
I sent you a PM.

.. Is it pretty mych located on the top of a rise? ....
It is on the top of a small hill with views in all directions. I've taken pictures of the view from a couple of directions.

.. ... there ISNT a railway track that runs along the property line is there?....
Nope, miles from any railway. 57 Kms to Atherton or 66Kms to Innsifail where the railways are, also were the major supermarkets are.
There are several small towns closer with IGA, 5Star or Spar.

.. An hour??? Mick... MA MA MATE!!! :; We'd be next door neighbors!! ....
An hour.... :oo: in a big bloody hurry.... :cool:
It is 112Kms from Kuranda to Millaa Millaa & Mick is a few Kms up a side road & this place is 7.5 Kms up a side road so it is every bit of an one & three quarter hours if you don't speed. :wink:

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

a cycular saw (orange but not Triton)

Treadle power? :?

[Cliff Rogers]

Ta skew... ya picky bugger. :D
:fixed:

[Shedgirl]

The house has about 700 unfinished clocks in it. :oo:
)

must've had a lot of time on his hands......heh heh...

[Groggy]

Cliff, I can put the pics on my ftp site if you want, PM me if its an option.

[Cliff Rogers]

Cliff, I can put the pics on my ftp site if you want, PM me if its an option.
PM sent

[Wild Dingo]

CD arrived today Cliff :2tsup:

Well it arrived about 2 hours ago!!! MAN!!! shyte talk about SERIOUS WOODLUST :o been drooling ever since and some interesting things in those pics eh? I mean I was laughing my noggin on when I spotted the old bus hidden in the bushes but totally lost it when the car showed up UNDER all the underbrush!!! :U :U reckon if I turned em on theyd start up??? HAHAHAHAHA ooh shyte there I go again

But wood? GEEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZHUS!!! :o now a question the pic of the LONG grass out the window with the building across and to the side with the satelite dish? Im guessing thats the backyard?... whats the yellow tarp doing? theres a pic of a fair stack of sheets of corrigated iron but theres a yellow tarp?... and do you mean ALL that timber AND all the stuff inside is included in the sale? What is he keeping?... sure can see mucho worko to do with that place but did you see THE WOOD???? I mean WOOD!!!! gawd man there are some serious stacks of timber in there! AND I DO MEAN SERIOUS!! be worth it for the timber and veiw alone!! :2tsup:

But her highness is out just now and wont be back for a few days so will drool then let her know and she can puruse them at her leasure :2tsup: I will after I stop drooling and start to REALLY look have a bunch of questions... may email you or Gina about them as they come up? you let me know which way you want me to ask them

Cheers mate!

[Cliff Rogers]

So we don't turn the poor old bloke into a circus, stick to e-mail or PM for more details. :2tsup:

[journeyman Mick]

Watch out North Queensland! The wild Dingo clan is coming! maybe

Mick:D

[Big Shed]

There goes the neighbourhood:D